NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016.

Art. 89. Impediment of same sex

           Persons of the same sex may not contract marriage with each other. A purported marriage between persons of the same sex contracted in another state shall be governed by the provisions of Title II of Book IV of the Civil Code.

           Acts 1987, No. 886, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1999, No. 890, §1.